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Why So Many Older, Single Women Are at Risk of Homelessness

They've worked or been caretakers (or both) their whole lives, but they are the fastest growing homeless demographic in Australia—thanks to a lifetime of gender discrimination.

She lives at the base of Sydney's Blue Mountains, in one of a cluster of units. She gets on well with her neighbors but she couldn't tell you much about how they got here.

"We don't normally tell our stories to each other," says Margaret, 60. "We've just become friends. What's happened to you in the past is your past." Living in social housing run by Mission Australia, that may have something to do with the fact her neighbors have all faced homelessness at some stage of their lives.

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